Color it orange Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Fountain dyeing outside Edmon Low library kicks off Homecoming week Stephen Stumpf Staff Reporter
The 100th edition of America’s Greatest Homecoming is finally here, and the week-long festivity began with dyeing the Edmon Low Library fountain orange yesterday evening. Ariel Scholten, the Executive Director of Homecoming for the Oklahoma State Alumni Association, said the tradition of dyeing the fountain first began in 1999. It has been a staple of the homecoming celebration ever since. “We put 72 ounces of dye on the initial pour,” Scholten said. “After that, if it needs to maintain America’s brightest orange, we add more dye throughout the week. The dye itself is food coloring essentially, and we buy it in bulk, specially made for us, so that way it doesn’t stain the fountain marble.” Oklahoma State kicked off Homecoming yesterday evening by dyeing the fountain orange and crowing Homecoming Queen and King.
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Setting up Homecoming signs Jaden Besteda Staff Reporter
Oklahoma State’s Homecoming has now officially started. Several events are slated to take place, including OSU’s annual sign competition. The sign competition is an event ranging from Sunday to the following Friday. The signs are created by Greek houses, residence halls and campus organizations. The signs will be judged and awards will be given to one of the different participating communities. OSU’s psychology club came out with a sign and a message in this year’s competition. It chose the theme “branded for life” for its sign. The sign shows a cow branded with an Oklahoma State psychology club logo on its side. “Psychology is one of the largest majors on the campus with makes us one of the largest student organizations,” Lauren Cargill, vice president of the OSU psychology club said. ”We host monthly meetings about different topics our last meeting we had a professor at a graduate forensic psych program speak, we had a member of the Oklahoma FBI, and a professor on our campus that does forensic research talk.” Formula SAE is another OSU student club participating in the sign competition. SAE is a club that participates in national competitions which take place all over the country. The club essentially designs and tests a prototype race car and races against over a hundred other universities. Weston Gorhan, Formula SAE member, said this year is special for them. “Our sign this year means a lot because we’re focusing on the years,” Gorhan said. “We were established in 1997, which marks our 25th year. We’ve been competing for a quarter century. This year we designed our board to represent what our current model that we’re working on will look like. With the exact frame that’s being built in the shop. So it’s really cool because we not only get to share our organization with OSU but show what we’re currently working on for the competition.” The Psychology club and Formula SAE are just two of several organizations that have brought out signs for the competition. Which allows for plenty of unique stories and messages to be seen and told. All signs in the competition will be on display during the entire week. Students and alumni can vote for their favorite sign by searching “Phillips 66 Fan Favorite contest” online. news.ed@ocolly.com
Ali Isbell Some signs were required being put together on site because of their big size.
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Eskimo Joe’s cups were filled with dye to pour into the fountain in front of Edmon Low Library.
Orange... Continued from 1 Although it is a relatively new tradition for homecoming at OSU, the dyeing of the fountain can symbolically be considered as the “lighting of the torch” for the festivities, because it is one of the first official events ushering in the Homecoming week. “Orange fountain dyeing is one of our official kickoffs of homecoming,” Scholten said. “In conjunction with orange fountain dyeing we also hold our royal coronation there, and so, we have a homecoming royalty court, for both men and women, and we crown the homecoming queen and king.” Students have been anticipating Homecoming week and the kickoff events all semester, especially students who have never experienced homecoming as a student at OSU. Annaleah Hough, a freshman majoring in recreational therapy, is one of those students. “I think it [the fountain dyeing] is a really cool way to show the spirit of OSU,” Hough said. “My parents are both alumni here, so I’ve always came to homecoming, but I’ve never experienced it as a student. I’m in a sorority and so being able to experience it first-hand is pretty cool.” Abby Foster, a sophomore majoring in pre-vet animal science, transferred to OSU this semester and like Hough, was equally excited about the fountain dyeing and Homecoming as a whole. “I think the orange dye in the fountain is pretty cool,” Foster said. “I’m excited because I have no idea what is happening, and since it’s the 100th [celebration], it will be a fun week.” In addition to the fountain dyeing and the Homecoming royalty announcements, today was also the first day the Homecoming signs were displayed on the library lawn. After a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s Greatest Homecoming is back in business. Abby Smith Students and alumni gathered around the fountain outside Edmon Low Library to watch Oklahoma State kick off Homecoming.
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Notebook: Gundy prepping Cowboys for Homecoming game
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to play another tough Big 12 opponent. “I like and don’t like the direction they’re going in,” he said. “I appreciate quality coaching and fundamentals and technique and stuff but not when I have to play against it.” Here are other notes from GunAdam Engel dy’s weekly luncheon Monday afterStaff Reporter noon. No walkaround for the Cowboys Mike Gundy doesn’t like the While thousands of students, direction Kansas’ football team is visitors and Stillwater citizens plan to headed. participate in Friday night’s HomecomThe Oklahoma State head coach ing Walkaround, Gundy’s squad will has noticed the improvements the be confined to their rooms inside the Jayhawks have made under new coach Atherton Hotel. Lance Leipold. And Gundy isn’t excited “It’s 50,000 people and it just
doesn’t make sense to do it anymore,” he said. “I think they’re going to try to have some type of an outdoor pep rally based on the issues with the virus. I’m not for sure what that is yet but that’s what I’ve heard.” Outstanding Oliver Defensive end Collin Oliver sprinted across the line and pushed through the grasp of Texas backup right guard Conner Hayden and proceeded to sack quarterback Casey Thompson. That explosive speed and agility has assisted Oliver in becoming a vital pass rusher for the Cowboys. Despite entering college as a four-star prospect, Oliver’s develop-
ment continues to impress Gundy. Entering Saturday’s contest against Kansas, Oliver has compiled 4.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss in the past three ballgames. “He’s further along than I would have thought,” Gundy said. “I said there’ll be a role, I was thinking eight to 10 plays a game because he’s shown that pass rushing ability in practice, but I would not have thought that he could get to where he is now at his position as a true freshman.”
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Gundy opens up about latest contract extension Ben Hutchens Digital Editor
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Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State’s 54-year-old coach, said as much at his Monday media availability, when addressing his new contract. This past Friday, OSU announced its board of regents had approved a recommendation from president Dr. Kayse Shrum and athletic director Chad Weiberg. The agreement “Will keep Gundy on a perpetual five-year contract at his alma mater,” per the release. “I mean, I’m not 35 anymore,” Gundy said. “(The contract) allows me to be in homes of recruits and say, ‘I’m going to be here during your time,’ which is what young people want, maybe more so now than ever.” Gundy said the question of whether a head coach will remain coach for a recruit’s entire time in college gets brought up more today than it has in the past. This was an area of focus of the deal approved by the board of regents. “So that allows me to say (to a recruit), ‘Listen, I’m going to be here until you graduate,’ and that that was what the goal was, and so that’s where Dr. Shrum and Chad and myself came to the conclusion,” Gundy said. Shrum and Weiberg officially took office on July 1, and it was their first time offering a deal to Gundy. “We had great conversa-
tions, we were able to sit down and have adult conversations,” Gundy said. Because he operates without an agent, Gundy said contracts are “uneasy” for him. He said it is difficult to sit down and talk about himself, but one thing that made the process easier was his relationship with Shrum. He said they both see things the same way. Gundy said he didn’t want to speak for Weiberg, but he felt like Shrum entrusted Weiberg to lead the discussion and take care of the deal. “(Shrum is) pretty aggressive, she’s a home run for this university”, Gundy said. “She doesn’t sit around a lot, let a lot of grass grow under her feet, and she’s very aggressive.” Referring to his mindset finishing a deal, Gundy offers an interesting but fair perspective. “In my opinion, with a contract when you get up to leave the table if you feel like you got cheated and they feel like they got cheated, then you have a fair contract,” Gundy said. OSU is one of only seven teams to post a winning season every year over the past decade and entered 2021 as one of only three Power Five teams with a winning season and bowl appearance in each of the past 15 years. “And we can call it like, like we see it,” Gundy said. “I mean I’ve been here a while we’ve had tremendous success and so it’s a good opportunity for both sides.”
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Cyclones open up offense in multiple ways
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Sudeep Tumma Staff Reporter Deep dive goes beyond the stat sheet and takes a look at the film to evaluate how OSU won/lost the game. The Cowboys suffered their first loss of the season against Iowa State in heartbreaking fashion. After dropping the game 24-21, Oklahoma State falls to No. 15 in the AP Poll. It was a well balanced game, with both teams making plays.
Spencer Sanders hanging in the pocket OSU’s starting QB had one of the best games of his career with 225 yards and three touchdowns through the air. But what’s most impressive is how he did it. Against a swarming defense, Sanders hung in the pocket, trusted his protection and laid out some beautiful balls. It’s a true progression from his debut in 2019 — when his first instinct was to scramble when he felt a little heat — to now when he’s much improved as a pocket passer. Misdirection with Breece Hall The stat line isn’t crazy for one of college football’s best backs with a 21-70-1 line, but Hall’s impact showed up in other places. Against OSU’s ag-
gressive defense, Iowa State did a great job keeping the Cowboys off-balance. The Cyclones would run counters, jet sweeps (or fake them) and so on to get OSU out of place and rip off consistent positive plays. Utilizing Brock Purdy’s legs Purdy isn’t a tantalizing runner by any means, but he’s certainly capable. ISU did a great job using Purdy’s legs to add in another threat OSU had to account for. Whether that was on designed QB runs or roll outs, it typically resulted in positive gains. But even if/ when it didn’t, it added another element for OSU to contain, which opened up ISU’s offense. Xavier Hutchinson’s big day Hutchinson was a thorn in the side of OSU all game long. He’s one of
the best receivers in the Big 12, and he showed why on Saturday. Hutchinson made crucial plays at all three levels, burning OSU corners repeatedly. His 12 receptions, 125 yards and two touchdowns led all receivers on both teams. Battling in the trenches In simple terms, it went both ways. ISU and OSU’s defensive fronts are imposing, but both teams were able to hold their ground just enough. It was pretty balanced both ways. At times, OSU and ISU’s D-line were able to gain penetration or dial up the pressure, and at other times, O-lines were able to get enough push.
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